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Gonna take a
Tour or bust-
Augie's got the
WANDER-LUST!
This week's poems
Are not the best—
Studying for
Semester test!
AUGUSTANA •
The Augustana choir personnel includes, first row, from left to right: Darline Nase, Beverly
Gustad, Cleone Berdahl, Marjorie Wagnild, Barbara Ohnstad, Patricia Clemetson, Audrey Petersen,
Anna Seim, Joyce Sunde, Kathryn Eitreim, Maxine Killeaney, Mary Fjellestad, Carolyn Carlson,
Lavonne Gunderson, Connie Torgrude, Luanne Gunderson, Carol Fedde, Ruby Koehn.
Second row: Sally Omdalen, ReJean Erickson, Joan Warkenthien, Jean Hintze, Madalyn Endahl,
Ann Wheeldon, Lois Paulson, Juanita Lien, Edna Gilbertson, Delores Jerde, Anne Foster, Joyce
Rasmussen, Belva Olson, Joan Mortensen, Gloria Bale" Onalee Knutson, Eunice Hoime, Shirley Steen,
Janice Olson, Mary Hohman.
Third row: Philip Jorgensen, Paul Natwick, Joel Eide, Robert Solem, Dale Jamtgaard, David
Olson, Ellsworth Winden, Stanley 'Zimmerman, Ronald Van Wyhe, Dale Hohman, Walter Nelson,
Garry Scott, John Lundering.
Fourth row: David Erie, Carvel Johnson, Steve Olson, Garry Telford, Jim Hanson, Alan Schmidt,
Paul Lee, Chuck Josephson, Richard Peterson, Donald Johnson, Paul Hybertson, Sidney Pedersen.
Pictured in the closing scene of "As You Like It," which goes on tour the first two weeks in
February, are, from left to right, Dick Wyman, Norman Soyland, Pat Donahoe, Beverly Miller,
Chuck Chilson, Bill Gottschalk, George Poletes, Wendell Dahl, Jim Crisp, Buell Donaldson, Donna
Kirkeby, Dean Brand, Dick Lokken, Gene Sikkink, Dennis Ravenberg and Elizabeth Keller.
Friday, January 22,. 1954
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, SIOUX FALLS, S. D. Vol. XXXV — No. XVI
CHOIR, DRAMA TAKE TWO-WEEK TOURS
Augies Attend Itineraries Include Travel in Five States
ASA Inaugural
This Evening
The new officers of the
Augustana Student associa-tion
will be installed in for-mal
inaugural ceremonies this
evening in the gym commen-cing
at 8:30 p.m.
Robert Wagner is master of
ceremonies for the inaugural
program which will begin
with a piano solo by Roxanna
Kohrs and a vocal solo by
Ellsworth Winden.
Dr. L. M. Stavig will introduce
the new and retiring officers of
the association and will officiate
in the installation.
Remarks on the year's pro-grams
of Viking Days and Social
Board will be given by Jim Wy-lie,
1953 Viking Days chairman,
and Chuck Josephson, 1953 Social
Board chairman. The successors,
Mark Stavig and Joe Fenster-macher,
will give responses.
The state of the campus
address by John Knudson,
retiring prexy, and response
of Jim Hinrichs, 1954 Augus-tana
Student association
president, will close the in-augural
program.
The organ prelude will be
played by Marjorie Wagnild and
Maxine Killeaney will accompany
the singing of the Alma Mater
by the audience.
A reception in Tuve Hall
Lounge following the program is
being planned by Chi Epsilon,
women's honorary society, under
the chairmanship of Marjorie
Wagnild. The background music
at the reception will be played
by Betty Jean Haack and Karen
Hoseth.
T h e freshmen dorm, Dick
Boettcher, prexy, is furnishing
the ushers for the event.
The formal inaugural is the
final event of the year sponsored
by the Social Board under the
chairmanship of Chuck Joseph-son.
Debaters Enter
Meet at SFC
This week end the Augie de-bate
squad will attend the invi-•
tational debate tournament being
held at Sioux Falls college today
and tomorrow.
George Poletes and Norman
Soyland from the drama depart-ment
will enter the poetry divi-sion.
Jim Wylie will participate
in radio interviewing.
The members of the debate
squad who will attend the Sioux
Falls college meet are Trudy
Aker, Donna Ring, Janet Dale,
Diedrik Nelson, Jim Bly, Jim
Alger, Jim Thissell, Mike Rog-ness,
Mark Stavig, and Milt Kud-lacek.
William Jewell college at Lib-erty,
Missouri, was the host of
a debate tournament for 42 teams
from 13 colleges and universities
from four states last week end.
Augustana sent a five-team
squad. Two of the teams won
three out of four of their debates.
Donna Ring and Trudy Aker won
three out of four in the experi-enced
division and Diedrik Nel-son
and Jim Bly won three out
of four in the inexperienced divi-sion.
In the experienced division
there was only one undefeated
team, Kansas University.
Individual ratings went to
Trudy Aker from Augie who won
three superior speakers ratings
in the tournament.
Growth Committee
Plans Augie Day
Reports on prospective college
students are still coming in to
the heads of the Augustana En-rollment
Program. All prospect
cards are to be filled out and sent
in campus mail as soon as pos-sible.
Larry Sather, chairman,
stated that the value of this
drive is in keeping contact
with resent high school stu-dents
throughout the entire
year. As soon as a student
decides on his plans after
high school, the information
should be delivered.
Washington high school stu-dents
are now being approached.
A proposed Christmas introduct-ory
party was postponed because
of conflicting events, but personal
contacts are going ahead. Maxine
Killeaney is the Sioux Falls
chairman. She asks that all re-ports
be made immediately.
A proposed Augie Day is under
consideration by the executive
committee at this time. It may
be sponsored 'in connection with
Luther League Day.
Council Votes
To Establish
Student Chest
The final meeting of the stu-dent
council under the presi-dency
of John Knudson Tuesday
evening resulted in a decisiola of
the council to adopt a student
chest policy for the Augustana
student body, subject to the
agreement of the LSA.
The Foreign Student Ser-vice
Fund and LSAction are
the two major drives which
will be under the student
chest project. It is the coun-cil's
plan that one drive on
the campus each year will
provide the opportunity for
all projects to be patronized.
The council voted to request
the executive officers of the stu-dent
association and the execu-tive
members of the LSA to com-bine
efforts in establishing the
structure of the student chest
drive and in suggesting candi-dates
for the chairmanship.
Kirchner Attends
Stipend Interview
Paul Kirchner, Augie senior, is
in Lincoln, Nebraska, this week
end for an interview with the
regional selection committee of
the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
nominees at the University of
Nebraska.
Paul passed the first screening
of candidates in Region II, which
includes four states, and there-fore
is eligible for the interview.
Study and Action
Election Sunday
Dave Johnson and Larry Sather
are candidates for the office of
presidency of Study and Action.
The election of the new of-ficers
will be Sunday at 9:00
a. m. in the Science Lounge.
The other candidates for office
are: Kathy Wagnild and Jim Bly,
vice-president; Bernice Branden-burg
and Dorothy Mikkelson,
secretary, and Darrell Thompson
and Paul Lee, for treasurer.
Groups to Leave at
Start of Semester
The beginning of the sec-ond
semester will mark the
annual tours of the a cappella
choir, under the direction of
Dr. Arnold J. Running, and
the drama production of As
You Like It, by William
Shakespeare, directed by Pro-fessor
Earl Mundt.
The 33rd annual tour for the
choir, the trip will cover four
states in which eighteen concerts
will be given. The itinerary is as
follows: Minneota, Minnesota,
Sunday, January 31; Granite
Falls, Minnesota, Sunday, Janu-ary
31; Crookston, Minnesota,
Monday, February 1; Fargo,
North Dakota, Tuesday, February
2; St. Cloud, Minnesota, Wednes-day,
February 3; Duluth, Minne-sota,
Thursday, February 4; Rice
Lake, Wisconsin, Friday, Febru-ary
5; Wanamingo, Minnesota,
Saturday, February 6; La Crosse,
Wisconsin, Sunday, February 7;
Tomah, Wisconsin, Sunday, Feb-ruuary
7; Racine, Wisconsin,
Monday, February 8; Madison,
Wisconsin, Tuesday, February 9;
Huxley, Iowa, Wednesday, Feb-ruary
10; Rembrandt, Iowa,
Thursday, February 11; Forest
City, Iowa, Friday, February 12;
Northfield, Minnesota, Sunday,
February 14; Minneapolis, Min-nesota,
Sunday, February 14;
Westbrook, Minnesota, Monday,
February 15.
The choir travels in two buses.
Trunk manager for the trip is
Stan Zimmerman. Ellsworth Win-den
is sergeant-at-arms.
Soloists include Delores
Jerde, Maxine Killeaney,
Anne Foster, Joyce Sunde,
Ronald Van Wyhe, Ellsworth
Winden and Kathryn Eit-reim.
Chuck Josephson is as-sistant
director.
The choir will present the home
concert in the Sioux Falls Coli-seum
on Sunday, March 7.
The second annual tour of
the drama department will
take the Shakespearean com-edy,
"As You Like It," to the
Black Hills. The play cast,
traveling in three automo-biles
and . a truck, will give
the first presentation of the
tour in Pipestone, Minnesota,
on February 1.
The play itinerary is as follows:
Webster, Tuesday, February 2;
Lake Preston, Wednesday, Feb-ruary
3; Morris, Minnesota,
Thursday, February 4; General
Beadle State Teachers college,
Madison, Friday, February 5;
Lakefield, Minnesota, Saturday,
February 6; Freeman Junior col-lege,
Freeman, Monday, February
8; Rapid City, Tuesday, Febru-ary
9; Belle Fourche, Wednes-day,
February 10; Sturgis, Thurs-day,
February 11; Philip, Friday,
February 12.
The play cast will be taking
all scenery and lightboard equip-ment
on the tour. Bob Phillips
will be in charge of lighting.
George Poletes is assistant
director. The leads in the play
are Bev Miller and Dick Wyman.
No Mirror Next Week
In observance of semester
test week, the Mirror will not
be published. 'Nuff said! The
next issue will be printed on
Friday, February 5.

Gonna take a
Tour or bust-
Augie's got the
WANDER-LUST!
This week's poems
Are not the best—
Studying for
Semester test!
AUGUSTANA •
The Augustana choir personnel includes, first row, from left to right: Darline Nase, Beverly
Gustad, Cleone Berdahl, Marjorie Wagnild, Barbara Ohnstad, Patricia Clemetson, Audrey Petersen,
Anna Seim, Joyce Sunde, Kathryn Eitreim, Maxine Killeaney, Mary Fjellestad, Carolyn Carlson,
Lavonne Gunderson, Connie Torgrude, Luanne Gunderson, Carol Fedde, Ruby Koehn.
Second row: Sally Omdalen, ReJean Erickson, Joan Warkenthien, Jean Hintze, Madalyn Endahl,
Ann Wheeldon, Lois Paulson, Juanita Lien, Edna Gilbertson, Delores Jerde, Anne Foster, Joyce
Rasmussen, Belva Olson, Joan Mortensen, Gloria Bale" Onalee Knutson, Eunice Hoime, Shirley Steen,
Janice Olson, Mary Hohman.
Third row: Philip Jorgensen, Paul Natwick, Joel Eide, Robert Solem, Dale Jamtgaard, David
Olson, Ellsworth Winden, Stanley 'Zimmerman, Ronald Van Wyhe, Dale Hohman, Walter Nelson,
Garry Scott, John Lundering.
Fourth row: David Erie, Carvel Johnson, Steve Olson, Garry Telford, Jim Hanson, Alan Schmidt,
Paul Lee, Chuck Josephson, Richard Peterson, Donald Johnson, Paul Hybertson, Sidney Pedersen.
Pictured in the closing scene of "As You Like It," which goes on tour the first two weeks in
February, are, from left to right, Dick Wyman, Norman Soyland, Pat Donahoe, Beverly Miller,
Chuck Chilson, Bill Gottschalk, George Poletes, Wendell Dahl, Jim Crisp, Buell Donaldson, Donna
Kirkeby, Dean Brand, Dick Lokken, Gene Sikkink, Dennis Ravenberg and Elizabeth Keller.
Friday, January 22,. 1954
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE, SIOUX FALLS, S. D. Vol. XXXV — No. XVI
CHOIR, DRAMA TAKE TWO-WEEK TOURS
Augies Attend Itineraries Include Travel in Five States
ASA Inaugural
This Evening
The new officers of the
Augustana Student associa-tion
will be installed in for-mal
inaugural ceremonies this
evening in the gym commen-cing
at 8:30 p.m.
Robert Wagner is master of
ceremonies for the inaugural
program which will begin
with a piano solo by Roxanna
Kohrs and a vocal solo by
Ellsworth Winden.
Dr. L. M. Stavig will introduce
the new and retiring officers of
the association and will officiate
in the installation.
Remarks on the year's pro-grams
of Viking Days and Social
Board will be given by Jim Wy-lie,
1953 Viking Days chairman,
and Chuck Josephson, 1953 Social
Board chairman. The successors,
Mark Stavig and Joe Fenster-macher,
will give responses.
The state of the campus
address by John Knudson,
retiring prexy, and response
of Jim Hinrichs, 1954 Augus-tana
Student association
president, will close the in-augural
program.
The organ prelude will be
played by Marjorie Wagnild and
Maxine Killeaney will accompany
the singing of the Alma Mater
by the audience.
A reception in Tuve Hall
Lounge following the program is
being planned by Chi Epsilon,
women's honorary society, under
the chairmanship of Marjorie
Wagnild. The background music
at the reception will be played
by Betty Jean Haack and Karen
Hoseth.
T h e freshmen dorm, Dick
Boettcher, prexy, is furnishing
the ushers for the event.
The formal inaugural is the
final event of the year sponsored
by the Social Board under the
chairmanship of Chuck Joseph-son.
Debaters Enter
Meet at SFC
This week end the Augie de-bate
squad will attend the invi-•
tational debate tournament being
held at Sioux Falls college today
and tomorrow.
George Poletes and Norman
Soyland from the drama depart-ment
will enter the poetry divi-sion.
Jim Wylie will participate
in radio interviewing.
The members of the debate
squad who will attend the Sioux
Falls college meet are Trudy
Aker, Donna Ring, Janet Dale,
Diedrik Nelson, Jim Bly, Jim
Alger, Jim Thissell, Mike Rog-ness,
Mark Stavig, and Milt Kud-lacek.
William Jewell college at Lib-erty,
Missouri, was the host of
a debate tournament for 42 teams
from 13 colleges and universities
from four states last week end.
Augustana sent a five-team
squad. Two of the teams won
three out of four of their debates.
Donna Ring and Trudy Aker won
three out of four in the experi-enced
division and Diedrik Nel-son
and Jim Bly won three out
of four in the inexperienced divi-sion.
In the experienced division
there was only one undefeated
team, Kansas University.
Individual ratings went to
Trudy Aker from Augie who won
three superior speakers ratings
in the tournament.
Growth Committee
Plans Augie Day
Reports on prospective college
students are still coming in to
the heads of the Augustana En-rollment
Program. All prospect
cards are to be filled out and sent
in campus mail as soon as pos-sible.
Larry Sather, chairman,
stated that the value of this
drive is in keeping contact
with resent high school stu-dents
throughout the entire
year. As soon as a student
decides on his plans after
high school, the information
should be delivered.
Washington high school stu-dents
are now being approached.
A proposed Christmas introduct-ory
party was postponed because
of conflicting events, but personal
contacts are going ahead. Maxine
Killeaney is the Sioux Falls
chairman. She asks that all re-ports
be made immediately.
A proposed Augie Day is under
consideration by the executive
committee at this time. It may
be sponsored 'in connection with
Luther League Day.
Council Votes
To Establish
Student Chest
The final meeting of the stu-dent
council under the presi-dency
of John Knudson Tuesday
evening resulted in a decisiola of
the council to adopt a student
chest policy for the Augustana
student body, subject to the
agreement of the LSA.
The Foreign Student Ser-vice
Fund and LSAction are
the two major drives which
will be under the student
chest project. It is the coun-cil's
plan that one drive on
the campus each year will
provide the opportunity for
all projects to be patronized.
The council voted to request
the executive officers of the stu-dent
association and the execu-tive
members of the LSA to com-bine
efforts in establishing the
structure of the student chest
drive and in suggesting candi-dates
for the chairmanship.
Kirchner Attends
Stipend Interview
Paul Kirchner, Augie senior, is
in Lincoln, Nebraska, this week
end for an interview with the
regional selection committee of
the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
nominees at the University of
Nebraska.
Paul passed the first screening
of candidates in Region II, which
includes four states, and there-fore
is eligible for the interview.
Study and Action
Election Sunday
Dave Johnson and Larry Sather
are candidates for the office of
presidency of Study and Action.
The election of the new of-ficers
will be Sunday at 9:00
a. m. in the Science Lounge.
The other candidates for office
are: Kathy Wagnild and Jim Bly,
vice-president; Bernice Branden-burg
and Dorothy Mikkelson,
secretary, and Darrell Thompson
and Paul Lee, for treasurer.
Groups to Leave at
Start of Semester
The beginning of the sec-ond
semester will mark the
annual tours of the a cappella
choir, under the direction of
Dr. Arnold J. Running, and
the drama production of As
You Like It, by William
Shakespeare, directed by Pro-fessor
Earl Mundt.
The 33rd annual tour for the
choir, the trip will cover four
states in which eighteen concerts
will be given. The itinerary is as
follows: Minneota, Minnesota,
Sunday, January 31; Granite
Falls, Minnesota, Sunday, Janu-ary
31; Crookston, Minnesota,
Monday, February 1; Fargo,
North Dakota, Tuesday, February
2; St. Cloud, Minnesota, Wednes-day,
February 3; Duluth, Minne-sota,
Thursday, February 4; Rice
Lake, Wisconsin, Friday, Febru-ary
5; Wanamingo, Minnesota,
Saturday, February 6; La Crosse,
Wisconsin, Sunday, February 7;
Tomah, Wisconsin, Sunday, Feb-ruuary
7; Racine, Wisconsin,
Monday, February 8; Madison,
Wisconsin, Tuesday, February 9;
Huxley, Iowa, Wednesday, Feb-ruary
10; Rembrandt, Iowa,
Thursday, February 11; Forest
City, Iowa, Friday, February 12;
Northfield, Minnesota, Sunday,
February 14; Minneapolis, Min-nesota,
Sunday, February 14;
Westbrook, Minnesota, Monday,
February 15.
The choir travels in two buses.
Trunk manager for the trip is
Stan Zimmerman. Ellsworth Win-den
is sergeant-at-arms.
Soloists include Delores
Jerde, Maxine Killeaney,
Anne Foster, Joyce Sunde,
Ronald Van Wyhe, Ellsworth
Winden and Kathryn Eit-reim.
Chuck Josephson is as-sistant
director.
The choir will present the home
concert in the Sioux Falls Coli-seum
on Sunday, March 7.
The second annual tour of
the drama department will
take the Shakespearean com-edy,
"As You Like It," to the
Black Hills. The play cast,
traveling in three automo-biles
and . a truck, will give
the first presentation of the
tour in Pipestone, Minnesota,
on February 1.
The play itinerary is as follows:
Webster, Tuesday, February 2;
Lake Preston, Wednesday, Feb-ruary
3; Morris, Minnesota,
Thursday, February 4; General
Beadle State Teachers college,
Madison, Friday, February 5;
Lakefield, Minnesota, Saturday,
February 6; Freeman Junior col-lege,
Freeman, Monday, February
8; Rapid City, Tuesday, Febru-ary
9; Belle Fourche, Wednes-day,
February 10; Sturgis, Thurs-day,
February 11; Philip, Friday,
February 12.
The play cast will be taking
all scenery and lightboard equip-ment
on the tour. Bob Phillips
will be in charge of lighting.
George Poletes is assistant
director. The leads in the play
are Bev Miller and Dick Wyman.
No Mirror Next Week
In observance of semester
test week, the Mirror will not
be published. 'Nuff said! The
next issue will be printed on
Friday, February 5.